Unearthed from the single largest burial site on Earth comes a whole new tale which has the potential with rewrite history as we know it, revealing for the very first time the true origins of one of the most powerful nations: China.

In this special we see historian Dan Snow, physical anthropologist Dr Alice Roberts and scientist and explorer Dr Albert Lin set their sights on a series of groundbreaking discoveries at the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, a mighty tomb guarded by the Terracotta Warriors.

The site itself is 200 times larger than Egypt’s Valley of the Kings and the final resting place of China’s first emperor. Using the latest of technology and delving into the depths of some of the oldest texts this group of experts reveal some explosive secrets from the foundations of the Chinese empire.